POEM FOR BRIGID (2003)

by Robin Marchesi
(London)

Be not afraidOf all that life befell you.Let not the horror Of existenceDestroy all.Be youAs it may,But all ways,Let the color shineWithin the glowOf your emotion.Had I known you,Earlier,Perhaps,Dare I think,About howOther knotsMight have been tied?

Only that I knowWith all and everythingWithin;That had I held you CloseAs a younger man,The moment of this breath,We call life,Would have sparkledBrighter,Than every memoryI holdBeneath this chest,Wherein my heart reachesAnd cries,For all the loveI seeWithin your eyes.